STORIES : The Night Children of Java
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Mataram, Indonesia Cici (18) from Sumatra was captured in a police raid on a Lombok brothel, where she was forced to work as a prostitute. She was not allowed to leave the building. Now she is in a shelter that she can't leave either. She has to wait until the trial of her captors is over. Meanwhile the local NGO LBH-APIK supports her and 3 fellow child traficking victims in court. To be able to leave the shelter once in a while the NGO workers take them out on trips.
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